Urban ladder: How ODF India tries to manage faecal sludge

In the absence of adequate rural treatment plants, a few states rope in underutilised urban facilities 

NGT order on Jindal Steel & Power in March was a landmark. Here’s why

RS 160 cr fine headlines fixing of responsibility; recognition to locals’ grivances

Bastar beyond Maoists: tale of a rich region and its poor people

The obsession with insurgents is so deep that no one is paying attention to health and education in this ancient and beautiful land

CAG finds irregularities in Chhattisgarh local bodies

Delays in holding polls, no meetings for several urban local bodies, finds audit

Centre-state collusion

Why political justice is ignored in countering Naxalism in Chhattisgarh

‘Bread, freedom vital’

Submit report on submergence issues of Palavered, says SC

"Salwa Judum is peaceful. We support it"

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 12, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Kharif season 2023: Crop acreage decreases in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh

The acreage of paddy, the main crop of the Kharif season, has decreased by 24 per cent compared to last year. There has been a huge decrease in …

Fight for forest rights: Why these Dhamtari Adivasis gave up over 100 acres of cropland to plant trees

Forest dwellers of Karipani and Budra villages were put through a trial by fire to prove they care about conservation

‘We’re portrayed as Maoists, jailed for protesting’: 18 Gariaband villages refuse to give up fight for forest rights

Villagers derive hope from success story of 4 villages in state’s protected area granted Community Forest Resource Rights August 9, 2022

Night curfew re-imposed in all 30 districts of Odisha

The total number of positive cases in Odisha now stands at 358,342, while 1,935 people have died

COVID-19 outbreak: Economic activity grinds to a halt in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari

Sales of forest produce, vegetables and fruits in the district dropped after the janata curfew 

Bastar beyond Maoists: tale of a rich region and its poor people

The obsession with insurgents is so deep that no one is paying attention to health and education in this ancient and beautiful land

Rajasthan moves to ‘privatise' basic health facilities

Attempts to implement the PPP model have failed in many states. Activists plan to oppose the decision  

"Mahua memoirs", a documentary

DOCUMENTARY>> MAHUA MEMOIRS directed by Vinod Raja produced in collaboration with Equations and HIVOS regional office

Hunger games – it’s the real India show

Rajasthan Locust Attack: Both state, Centre need to shed complacency

Between 1993 and 2020, the governments hardly invested in locust control departments

Taking the lead

Anti-Naxal operations a cover for exploiting tribal people

Chhattisgarh green board to make access to emissions data more user-friendly

Last year, CSE had found that only 19 of 35 pollution control boards were displaying emissions data in the public domain

2.9 mln TB cases go unreported

A third of the unaccounted for cases are in India, where private hospitals rarely report TB

Malaria biggest killer of kids in Chhattisgarh, says report

Community-based survey report shows malaria prevalence is what differentiates high mortality districts from low mortality ones

Poor India speaks

book>> Caterpillar and the Mahua Flower, Tremors in India's Mining Fields edited by Rakesh Kalshian Panos South Asia New Delhi 2007